Opteron 8212 HE (F3) 's Advantages
Lower TDP (68W vs 84W)
Intel Xeon E3 1225 v3 's Advantages
Released 6 years and 10 months late
Higher specification of memory (1600 vs 667)
Newer PCIe version (3 vs 1)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (22nm vs 90nm)